Kanu Kartikeya
@kanukartikeya
Senior Data Engineer specializing in cloud data platforms, scalable ELT pipelines, and analytics.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Data Engineer with 6+ years building and owning scalable cloud data platforms, end-to-end ELT/ETL pipelines, and analytics solutions. I have designed and delivered production data systems across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and reporting layers using Databricks, Azure, Snowflake, and big-data frameworks like Apache Spark.
My work includes migrating full-load architectures to incremental pipelines with major performance gains, implementing disaster recovery for data restoration within SLAs, and enabling revenue-generating reporting products. I value reliable, CI/CD-driven deployments, data modeling for high-performance analytics, and cloud-agnostic solutions that maintain compliance and operational excellence.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Data Engineer
Valocity Global
Nov 2023 - Present (2 years 8 months)
Owned Data & Analytics for India and UAE, deployed 10 revenue-generating projects, built Databricks-backed analytical warehouse and APIs, and converted full-load pipelines to incremental architecture improving execution time by 300%.
Consultant 2 - Data Engineer
EXL Service
Sep 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years 2 months)
Designed no-code cloud ELT using Azure Data Factory and Data Flow for large survey/marketing datasets with PII/PHI compliance, and built dimensional star schemas and CI/CD deployments to enable high-performance analytics.
Data Engineer
Fragma Data Systems
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021 (7 months)
Implemented batch ingestion pipelines using Sqoop into Hadoop (CDH), converted complex SQL procedures into optimized Spark/Hive implementations, and automated data workflows with Python to improve pipeline reliability.
Data Engineer
IGT Solutions
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 5 months)
Designed an ODS on Azure SQL with SCD Type-2, developed PySpark transformations on Databricks for large XML datasets with performance tuning, and orchestrated batch pipelines using Azure Data Factory.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
SRM University, Chennai
Bachelor of Technology, Technology
2015 - 2019
Completed Bachelor of Technology at SRM University, Chennai from 2015 to 2019.
IBM SPSS Modeler (certification)
Certification, Data Science / Analytics
Completed IBM SPSS Modeler training/certification.
Microsoft Azure DP-203 / Fabric Data (prepping)
Certification/Training, Cloud Data Engineering
Preparation/training for Azure DP-203 and Fabric data topics.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
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